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SLBD. No. 404,432. Patented June 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYMAN B. PIOKETT, OF MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,432, dated June 4,1889.

Application filed March 29, 1889. Serial No. 305 ,241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN B. PICKETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montrose, in the county of Susquehanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theManufacture of Sleds, of which the following is a full and cleardescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View ofmy improved sled. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

My present invention relateas to the construction of sleds; and itconsists in the com; bination and arrangement of the several deviceshereinafter explained and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the saine, I will now describe itsconstruction and indicate the manner in `which I carry the same out.

In the drawings, A represents the runners, formed of gas-piping or othermetal tubing, the forward endsof which are turned up and backward untilthey pass through the platform of the sled at a, where they are securedby any well-known means. The knees B are also formed of met-al tubing,and are secured to the runners by splitting the tubing up a suiiicientdistance and turning the two halves outward at right angles, so as tofit upon the rounded surface of the runners, as shown at b. In thatposition they are rigidly secured by screws or bolts with countersunkheads,

or by other equivalent means. The feet thus readily formed on the endsof the knees, having the same curve as the runners, fit snugly upon thecur-ved surface of the runners, and are therefore not so liable to workloose. Upon the top of these knees is secured the platform C, the boltsc passing through the knees, as shown in Fig. l.

Between the runners in front l secure the cross-bar D, also made ofmetal tubing, the ends of the cross-bar being also split and turned outat right angles to fit against the tubing of the runners, as shown at din Fig. 1, where the parts are rigidly secured together by means ofbolts or screws. At each end of this cross-bar D, I leave an opening inwhich is secured the ring E, as shown in Fig. l.

Itis evident that a sled thus constructed must possess great strengthand rigidity, while at the same time it is cheap, simple, and handfsome, no braces of any kind being needed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The runners A, constructed of metal tubing, and platform C, incombination with the knees B and cross-bar D, having their ends vsplitand spread at right angles and secured to the tubular runners,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

LYMAN B. PICKETT.

Witnesses:

DAVID W. BROWN, DANIEL D. LATHROP.

